See also

.istanbul

.istanbul and .ist are approved top level domains (TLD) for the Internet. It is a community-based sponsored top-level domain by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and subsidiary Medya A.Ş. According to the Medya A.Ş., .istanbul will improve awareness on İstanbul's historical heritage and help economic growth by allowing unlimited and open registration of the names.

Along with TLDs such as .cat and .asia, .istanbul and other new TLDs fall into the new category of GeoTLDs.

Founded under the name of Byzantium on the Sarayburnu promontory around 660 BCE, the city developed to become one of the most significant in history. After its reestablishment as Constantinople in 330 CE, it served as an imperial capital for almost 16 centuries, during the Roman and Byzantine (330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin (1204–1261), and the Ottoman (1453–1922) empires. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before the Ottomans conquered the city in 1453 and transformed it into an Islamic stronghold and the seat of the Ottoman Caliphate.

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a 1953 swing-style song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. Written on the 500th year anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, the lyrics playfully refer to the official 1930 renaming of the city of Constantinople to Istanbul. The song's original release certified as a gold record.

Musical influences

It is said to be a response to "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E" recorded in 1928 by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra.

Cover versions

They Might Be Giants

One of the better-known versions of "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is the cover by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants (TMBG), who released it on their album Flood in 1990. It was released as the second single from that album in the same year. TMBG's version is at a faster tempo than the original.

ISTANBUL. Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 417 suspects in a money laundering investigation into the transfer of about 2.5 billion lira ($419 million) worth of foreign currency to bank accounts abroad, broadcaster CNNTurk said on Tuesday ... The transfers were made from various bank branches and ATMs starting from Jan....

Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 417 suspects in a money-laundering probe into the transfer of $419 million worth of foreign currency to bank accounts abroad, broadcaster CNNTurk said ... The issue of foreign moneytransfers has become politically sensitive in Turkey, which is in the throes of a currency crisis....

Turkish police detained Tuesday over 200 people in a major nationwide crackdown on illicit moneytransfers to individuals of Iranian-origin living in the United States... Those conducting the moneytransfers earned "commissions", Anadolu said, citing the investigation, ......

The man, who worked for an international moneytransfer company in London, had booked his treatment on the Internet and flew to Istanbul, where he was met by four people and installed in an upmarket hotel ...Instead they drove him to a remote part of Istanbul where they tied him up, ......

However, the people-smuggling gang mainly made up of Pakistanis demanded the $10,000 upfront and told the migrants chained in Istanbul to call their families to tell them they had reached Europe already and to transfer the money, the daily said....

However, the people-smuggling gang mainly made up of Pakistanis demanded the $10,000 upfront and told the migrants chained in Istanbul to call their families to tell them they had reached Europe already and to transfer the money, the daily said....

However, the people smuggling gang — mainly made up of Pakistanis — demanded the $10,000 upfront and told the migrants chained in Istanbul to call their families to tell them that they had reached Europe already, asking of them to transfer the money, the daily added....

However, the human trafficking gang mainly made up of Pakistanis demanded the $10,000 upfront and told the migrants chained in Istanbul to call their families to tell them they had reached Europe already and to transfer the money, the daily said....

He borrowed money and flew to Istanbul, Turkey. There, a guide was waiting to arrange his secret transfer to Syria. "From Istanbul we drove to Gaziantep in southern Turkey. There was a Chechen family and three other people travelling with me ... Artur and his daughters made their way to Istanbul, where the Russian consulate helped the family return home ... ....